Engineering Faculty Internship: Integrated Distribution Center Design and Operation at an Apparel Manufacturer

9412646 Meller这个教师实习项目的目标是调查在服装配送中心中整合设计和运营问题的决策模型的使用。两个配送中心是该项目的目标。这些中心分别位于亚历山大城和阿拉巴马州的蒙哥马利。要研究的模型将包括订单积累/分拣、仓库布局和订单挑选等问题。整合的原因来自于影响配送中心绩效的这些问题之间的相互作用。该项目所处的地区是美国工业面临激烈国际竞争的地区。该项目的结果将被仓库运营商和经理用于设计和运营更高效的仓库和配送中心，这些仓库和配送中心对准时交货和快速订单周转时间等基于时间的服务问题更具响应性。

9412646 Meller The objective of this faculty internship project is to investigate the use of decision models that integrate problems of design and operation in an apparel distribution center. Two distribution centers are the targets of the project. These centers are located in Alexander City and Montgomery, Alabama. The models to be investigated will incorporate problems of order accumulation/sortation, warehouse layout, and order picking. The reason for the integration comes from the interactions between these problems in affecting the performance of a distribution center. The project is in an area that American industries face steep international competition. The results from the project will be used by warehouse operators and managers to design and operate more efficient warehouses and distribution centers that are more responsive to time-based service issues such as just-in-time delivery and quick order turn around time.